The Risk City Cities Countering Climate Change: Emerging Planning Theories and Practices around the World /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Jabareen, Yosef (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Energy, 29
• Θέματα: Energy.; Energy efficiency.; Climate change.; Architecture.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Environmental economics.; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings).; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Building Construction.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Environmental Economics.

Contemporary cities face phenomenal risks, and they face particularly high levels of mounting social and environmental risks, including social polarization, urban conflicts, riots, terror, and climate change threats. This book suggests that climate change and its resulting uncertainties challenge th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgments
• 1: Introduction
• 2: Theorizing the Risk City
• 3: Planning Practices for Cities Countering Climate Change
• 4: Assessment Methods: Planning Practices Countering Climate Change
• 5: Planning Practices of the Risk City around the World
• 6: Applying the Countering Climate Change Evaluation Method to a City Plan
• 7: Contemporary Planning of the Risk City: The Case of New York City.-  8: The Risk City Resilience Trajectory.-  9: The Deficient Resilient Cities: Hurricane Sandy in New York City
• 10: Vulnerability and uncertainty of extreme space weather events.- 11: The Urban Vulnerability Matrix
• Bibliography.